Piper Klinger Season 2022

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: SP - 12.31m, DT - 50.29m, HT - 52.96m, WT - 18.32m

ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA East Prelims (5/26-29/21): Qualified in the discus throw. 

AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Competed in both the discus throw and hammer throw. 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/25-27/21): Set a personal best in the weight throw of 69-1.25 (18.32).
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Threw a then personal-best distance of 58-8.75 (17.90m).
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/01-12/19): Competed in both discus and hammer throw events.

2021 Outdoor
Jesse Owens Invite (4/30-5/1): Set a personal best in the discus throw of 50.29m and placed seventh in the hammer throw. 

2021 Indoor 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/25-27): Recorded a personal best weight throw of 18.32m.

2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor
Season: Posted three top-five finishes...Threw a collegiate personal-best in weight throw at Big Ten Indoor Championships.

PSU Tune Up (2/21): Threw a previous personal-best mark of 16.96m to place fifth.  

2019 Outdoor
Season: Set personal-best marks in hammer throw (50.62m) shot put (12.31m) and discus (46.16m)...Recorded 10 top-10 finishes in 2019.

ASU Invitational (3/22-23): Had a season-best throw in the shot put (12.31m)...Placed in top 10 in discus and hammer throw. Bucknell Team Challenge (4/20): Won discus event (46.16m).

BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: Discus - 160-0, Shot put - 42-7
Won three PIAA District 4 championships...Won three Heartland Conference championships...Set Selinsgrove High School record in discus throw...Earned second-team all-state honors...Named to first team all-conference...Named, Daily Item Field Athlete of the Year...Earned four state medals...Earned three varsity letters in track and also lettered in both soccer and bowling...Captained bowling team...Finished seventh at the bowling state championships…Finished second in the discus at 2017 New Balance Nationals Emerging Elite...Finished 12th in discus at 2018 New Balance Nationals...Qualified for New Balance National Emerging Elite in shot put.

PERSONAL
Full name is Piper Sue Klinger...Daughter of Chuck and Marci Klinger...Has one sister, Paetyn...Majoring in kinesiology...Chose Penn State because “I feel it will give me the best opportunities both academically and athletically”...Born on July 9, 2000, in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.